Remove Gator

Learn how to uninstall and remove Gator spyware in our Gator removal article. In this series of our getting rid of Spyware and Adware articles, you shall learn about how to successfully remove the Gator Spyware and successfully get rid of it from your system.

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Claria's GATOR eWallet is an ad supported program that can automatically fill in passwords and other form-elements on Web pages.

This software delivers targeted pop ups to the user's desktop based on the user's web browsing. The ads are branded with the GAIN name and are served by the GAIN network. (http://www. GATOR .com/home2.html)

The privacy policy(http://www. GATOR .com/help/app_ps_v70.html) applies to all the Claria/GAIN products and states no personally identifying information is gathered or transmitted. Non personally identifying information is randomly collected and used to create a user profile of what products they may be interested in.

The software can be removed from Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. The End User License Agreement (EULA) states that removal by any other method is prohibited. (http://www. GATOR .com/help/app_ps_v70.html)

Gator behavior

  • Connects itself to the internet
  • Stays resident in background

Gator remove and uninstalling Introduction

Kill processes :
gator.exe, setup.exe

Delete registry values:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Gator.com\AppInfo\Gator

Delete files:
gator.exe, setup.exe

Delete directories:
C:\Program Files\Gator.com\Gator
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Gator eWallet

Misc:
Exact file location:
gator.exe - C:\Program Files\Gator.com\Gator
setup.exe - C:\Documents and Settings\[Current User]\Local Settings\Temp

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